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Letters of the great composers: 14 moving, funny and inspiring quotations from the documents they left behind

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Meet the muses of the great composers

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Beethoven's Fidelio on a spaceship at Opéra de Lyon

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Beethoven at 250: famous figures share what his music means to them, in 250 words
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‘Fullnaming’ Mozart and Beethoven to fight sexism and racism? Twitter squabbles over Slate article

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The remarkable story of Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony No. 9 and the ‘Ode to Joy’

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New releases: Irnberger and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play Beethoven and Rachmaninov with Martin Jones
new releases 1st may

New releases: Beethoven with the Royal Northern Sinfonia & Lars Vogt and 'Strauss in St Petersburg'
new releases 10th april

New releases: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Brahms and Beethoven with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Meet Nannette Streicher, ‘the woman who built Beethoven’s pianos’
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A step-by-step guide to Beethoven’s nine symphonies